"I hope that our investment includes public transportation, because if we can get people to work quicker and friendlier..."
"I encourage you to establish reasonable goals as to how we can wean ourselves off of imported energy sources, particularly oil."
"We need to be able to judge how we are achieving energy independence."
"I think it is an honest budget."
"It is aggressive in dealing with the short-term problems that you inherited."
"The economic engine of America in creating new jobs is small business."
"I would urge you, first of all, to keep us informed as to what is happening, what the facts are."
"We need their help, and they really do believe government aid is primarily directed at large corporations."
"I urge you to have transparency as this is developed, because there are some good ideas out there."
"We have got to stop the hemorrhaging of people losing their homes, and I would just underscore that point."
"I articulated the opinion that we should close Guantanamo not long after I got this job, in--at the end of 2006."